A blurb about this Friday Five:

Ear worms are those annoying little songs that get stuck in your head. Sometimes they are the last song you hear on the radio before you go into the office, sometimes they just randomly pop in.

1. What is a common ear worm that you get?

Generally it is the song that I really like at any given moment, which can last for a week or two. Examples of past songs are “Let It Die – Foo Fighters” and “Falling Down – Atreyu”. There are also times it’s some crappy song I hear from one of the many YouTube videos sent my way.

2. How long do they last?

Not very long. Ask me what I do to get rid of them, and I’ll tell you.

3. What do you do to get rid of them?

Glad you asked. Generally, all I have to do is listen to something else, anything, really, and that “ear worm” will be purged. I’m not really one to have a song repeating over and over again in my head driving me to the brink of madness, but I may hum it without knowing it, thus annoying others around me.

4. What is the worse ear worm you’ve ever had?

This fucking song that Sandy (my manager) played over and over again for a while. Some kids singing “Castaways… we’re all castaways”. I’m sure he’ll start playing it again now that I’ve said that, but it doesn’t bother me much anymore. I have headphones.  

Oh, and this is a great song that was somewhat stuck in my head for a few minutes today:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-NOZU2iPA8

Thanks Molly.

5. Do you get some guilty pleasure in passing the ear worm along?

Sorry, are you asking me if I enjoy mentally torturing people? Come now. You know the answer to that one.